Mike Shaw contibuted
>
>Ben & Maggie Hoffman asked me about sources of Traffolite.
>I thought it was worth sharing with the group.
>
>This is what I have managed to find -
>I have been spelling it wrongly - it is Traffolyte, manufactured by ICI -
>but they have stopped making it.
>There is an alternative called ABET, manufacturer unknown.

SNIP

I think there may be two different materials here.  I used Traffolyte for 
sign making with a pantographic engraver years ago and still have some 
scraps in my squirrel horde.  It is fairly flexible and has an easily-cut 
consistency yielding micro 'shavings' whereas the phonolic variety is 
more-rigid and cuts to 'powder'.  To match needs not covered by 
Traffolyte we would simply engrave Formica and fill the lines/letters 
with engravers' coloured fill waxes.

Tony Moss

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